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Cinderella Man (2005)

Romance, Drama, History • 2h 24m

Overview

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

Director: Ron Howard

Cast: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Bruce McGill, David Huband, Connor Price, Ariel Waller, Patrick Louis, Rosemarie DeWitt, Linda Kash, Nicholas Campbell, Gene Pyrz, Chuck Shamata, Ron Canada, Alicia Johnston, Troy Amos-Ross, Mark Simmons, Art Binkowski, David Litzinger, Matthew G. Taylor, Rance Howard, James Ritz, Fulvio Cecere, Clint Howard, Gerry Ellison, Bill Mackie, Ray Marsh, Fernand Chretien, Dave Dunbar, Ken James, Rufus Crawford, Angelo Dundee, Lou Eisen, Wayne Gordon, Wayne Flemming, Nick Alachiotis, Christopher D. Amos, Nick Carusi, Keith Murphy, Everton McEwan, John Kalbhenn, David Georgieff, Wayne Bourque, Sean Gilroy, Michael McNamara, Billy Wine, Richard Bachynsky Hoover, Michael Chin, Stewart Lunn, Richard Lewis, Peter Wylie, Thomasz Kurzydlowski, Stuart Clark, Julian Lewis, Eric Fink, Sergio Di Zio, Gavin Grazer, Boyd Banks, Daniel Kash, Judah Katz, Angelo Tsarouchas, Rob Smith, Aaron Abrams, Duff MacDonald, Andrew Stelmack, Christopher Crumb, Gerry Quigley, Peter MacNeill, Darrin Brown, John Healy, Peter Didiano, James Kirchner, Michael Langlois, Magdalena Alexander, Nola Augustson, Gino Marrocco, Sharron Matthews, Alec Stockwell, Chick Roberts, Isabella Fink, Beau Starr, Philip Craig, Roman Podhora, R.D. Reid, Michael Dyson, Sam Malkin, Tony Munch, Conrad Bergschneider, Richard Binsley, Ramona Pringle, Katrina Matthews Swain, Cooper Bracken, Jacob Bracken, Alon Nashman, Dominic Cuzzocrea, Neil Foster, Brian Jagersky, Ray Kerr, Tim Eddis, Dave Arkell, Debra Sherman, Joanne Ritcey, Alex Cairns, George Duff

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Length

144 mins

Type

Movie

Last Updated

9 months ago

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Length
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